Jens D.
CTO
Experience
Nov 2019 - Present
5 years 10 monthsCTO
AlphaFlare UG
- Configurators, Solution Architect, VR Applications.
- At AlphaFlare we create everything from POCs up to lighthouse projects for the automotive industry, like the Car Creator based on UEFN for BMW and Epic Games.
- We also created the configurator for the Maybach Atelier in Shanghai.
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
3 monthsProject Lead / Consultant
Holodia GmbH
- Holodia: VR fitness trainer.
- At Holodia my team, consisting of 2 programmers and myself, put the Holodia fitness app through its paces and showed the developers problem areas in programming as well as in content.
- We worked out and explained possible solutions and implemented them on request.
- Holodia then demonstrated the performance desired by the customer and previous visual defects were corrected.
May 2018 - Jan 2019
9 monthsVR Solution Architect / Lead VR Developer
VW AG (VW Nutzfahrzeuge)
- MarT VR car configurator.
- Development of VW’s latest VR car configurator.
- Further development of the vehicle pipeline to a fully automated one.
- Setting up the specifications for the service providers.
- Supervising the service providers.
- Testing different tools for suitability (PIXYZ, InstaLOD).
- Taking test drives at selected VW dealers.
May 2015 - May 2018
3 years 1 monthiHDCC-Operator, Problemsolver, Process Architect
VW AG (Digitale Bilderfabrik)
- iHDCC-Operator: Setting up cars for the iHDCC web car configurator.
- Problem solver for unusual cases: like issues with part validity, geometries, animations etc.
- Process Architect: further development of the pipeline and the in-house tools.
Nov 2013 - Apr 2015
1 year 6 monthsHead of 3D, Product Data Manager
Mackevision Medien Design GmbH
- As Head of 3D: developing and optimizing pipelines and data structures.
- As Product Data Manager: handling, storing and distributing automotive data.
- Developing car configurator prototypes with VRED, DeltaGen and Coba.
Jan 2012 - Dec 2015
4 yearsFrankfurt, Germany
3D Artist / Animator
Magnamana
- Philip Morris: creation of multiple Marlboro commercials (animations, matchmoving, rotoscoping).
- Mein Kampf: movie (modeling, texturing of a city – Vienna in 1919).
- Nydenion: movie (modeling, texturing and crowd animations for the sci-fi movie Nydenion).
- Heimann Systems: advertising spot about airport scanner systems (character animations).
- Panasonic: several commercials for a TV line (animations, rotoscoping).
- Kellogg’s: TV commercials.
Jan 2009 - Dec 2012
4 yearsData Preparation Specialist, Quality Assurance, Process Architect
3dexcite (aka RTT)
- Data prep for AEG, Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Renault etc. (8 assignments).
- Quality assurance: checking the quality of the renderings for the VW car configurator, error reporting.
- Process Architect: optimizing VW’s QA process.
Jan 2009 - Dec 2012
4 yearsBremen, Germany
Animator / Character Animator
Kingart
- Book of Unwritten Tales: PC graphic adventure (character animations, animations).
- Book of Unwritten Tales 2: PC graphic adventure (character animations, animations).
- Greek Game: game prototype (character animations).
Jan 2008 - Jul 2008
7 monthsRender Template Developer, Product Data Manager
Audi Prolog
- Render Template: development of a base scene to generate beauty renderings much faster.
- Product Data Management: handling, storing and distributing automotive data.
Jan 2007 - Dec 2012
6 yearsData Preparation Specialist / Interactive Developer
Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro
- Data prep: optimization of multiple automotive scenes for real-time display.
- DC-Infoportal: development of multiple interactive CDs for Audi with Macromedia Director.
Jan 2007 - Dec 2012
6 years3D Artist / Animator
Gosetti
- Commercials: modeling, texturing and animation of multiple spots featuring wind parks, offshore construction ships, coffee roasting machines etc.
Jan 2002 - Jan 2009
7 years 1 monthEngine Developer
Pixellight Engine
- Part of the three-headed development team of an OpenGL 3D game engine named “Pixellight”.
- With Pixellight we created multiple commercial projects, like the first GPU-accelerated HDRI viewer from Sachform and various military training applications for Benntec, the German Navy etc.
Jan 1999 - Dec 2013
15 yearsBremen, Germany
Realtime 3D Developer
benntec
- TramSim: development of a tram simulator using Pixellight as the engine.
- DentaViz: development of a dental prosthesis configurator in real-time 3D using Pixellight.
- Swiss Army: development of a 3D catastrophe simulator for the Tiger helicopter.
- FireTrainer: development of a ship fire-fighter training app in real-time 3D.
- Airbus: development of an interactive training software for assembling the landing flap abrasion protection on the Airbus A380.
- German Navy: development of a bridge simulator for U31, the new German submarine, using Pixellight.
- Sell-It: interactive training software for future car dealers.
Jan 1999 - Dec 2011
13 years3D Artist / Visualizer
Moltomedia
- Hager: 50 product renderings for roller shutter systems, plus visualization of 30 shutter profiles.
- Lakal: development of an interactive house with electrical installations.
- Schmalbach-Lübeck: animation of 30 different food packaging designs and their features.
Jan 1998 - Present
27 years 8 monthsSelf-Employed
Virtuelle Welten GbR & Digitale Dienstleistungen Dörholt GbR
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedEducation
Jun 1996 - May 1998
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Apprenticeship, specialist area data processing · Businessman
Jun 1994 - May 1996
Higher Vocational School Wadern
Wadern, Germany
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